You can still practice to be a better and kinder and happier person. That's perfectly possible.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

Assassination is an art, milord, and I am the city’s most accomplished artist - Durzo Blint

Often it feels like I am breathing today only because a few years back I had no idea which nerve to cut...

Every morning when I wake up, I make up my mind to solve as many problems, before retiring home

Jerusalem has been - and for many, still is - a metaphor for destruction and the vengeance of an offended God. She is the city where believers have killed unbelievers to give life to faith.

Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.

I produce a lot of my artwork in Germany.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.